Field

Medieval, Early Modern Europe

Research Interests

A student of Joseph R. Strayer, Teo received his Ph.D. from Princeton in 1974 and has taught at Brooklyn College, the CUNY Graduate Center, the University of Michigan, the Ecole des hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales and Princeton--as 250th Anniversary Visiting Professor for Distinguished Teaching--before coming to UCLA in July 1998. A scholar of the social and cultural (popular culture) of late medieval and early modern Castile, Teo Ruiz has now completed three books: the first one, The Terror of History, be published by Princeton University, 2011. The second book is Diario de la expedicion de Fray Junipero Serra...en 1769, co-edited with Anglel Encinas (Madrid, 2011); and the third one is A King Travles. Festive Traditions ins in late medieval and early modern Spain (Princeton University Press, 2012. Another book, Sites of Encounter and Cultural Production: The Western Mediterranean, c. 450 to the present, is under contract with Blackwell.

"I hope to be able to work closely with students and to help in providing a scholarly and nurturing environment for graduate studies in medieval history at UCLA."

Selected Publications

Books: A sample

A King Travels: Festive Traditions in Late Medieval and Early Modern Spain (Princeton University Press, 2012)

Plus over thirty additional articles and over seventy reviews in Annales, E.S.C., Past & Present, and other journals.

Grants

Elected to the American Academy of Arts ad Sciences, 2013
Elected as a fellow by the Medieval Academy of America, 2012
PBK Visiting lecturer, 2011-13
The National Humanities Medal, 2011-12
Guggenheim Fellow, 2007-2008
250th Anniversary Visiting Professor for Distinguished Teaching, Princeton 1997-98; Premio del Rey, the American Historical Association Biennial Award for the best book on Spanish History, January 1995; Chosen as "Outstanding Master's Universities and Colleges Professor of the Year" by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 1994-95; Director of Studies, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (Paris, France), January 1993, 1987, 1983; The Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, 1983-84; NEH Fellowship, 1983-84.

Awards

Carnegie Foundation, Outstanding Teacher of the Year, 1994-95
AHA Premio del Rey for the best book in Spanish History before 1536. 1995

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